Commissioner arrested after pulling out gun

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He's also part of the 98% of the ...

This guy will only give gun owners a bad name...he needs to permanently loose his CCW permit.

He's also part of the 98% of the politicians who give the other 2% a bad name...

OMO

Stay armed...stay cool...stay safe!

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In lieu of prosecution, a judge ordered him into a pretrial intervention program for first-time offenders. He completed anger-management classes.*******************************************
...not by much!

He's also part of the 98% of the politicians who give the other 2% a bad name...

I'd guess he's looking at an aggravated assault charge, among others. With the video, I doubt the State will have much trouble proving it. I believe it's Florida Statute 784.021, and it's a nice little felony for him to add to his growing collection.

This is the problem that I have with statute summarization. I doubt (though I could be wrong, not familiar at all with FL law) that the law actually says threatening while possessing a handgun is a crime. Threatening while displaying a handgun I could see, sure. And since the paragraph has to do with displaying or brandishing, I'm guessing that's the intent. But the sentence in bold could indicate that even if you threatened while carrying concealed, and never even touched your piece, you'd automatically be going to jail for three years.

And of course, there's no links to any specific statutes, so we're supposed to take the words that are typed in by a webmaster which were dictated by a gofer, who got them in a memo from an undersecretary.

MIRAMAR, Fla. -- Surveillance video of suspended Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman allegedly pulling a gun on a shopper inside a Winn Dixie store on Nov. 21 was released on Monday by the Broward County State Attorney's Office.

The video shows a confrontation that leads up to the incident that led to felony charges against Salesman. The incident happened at the supermarket at 3108 South University Drive around 10 p.m. The alleged victims Roderick Harris and Laza Vious Hudson told Local 10 that Salesman began arguing with them in the checkout line. Hudson and Salesman began arguing after Salesman began to talk loudly about the long lines at the store.

"The gun had one round in the chamber and six rounds in the magazine."
they always write this kinda stuff in these stories.
just wondering... why? who cares

To show that the gun was dangerous... while we gun lovers know that any gun is dangerous and/or should be assumed dangerous the uninitiated seem to think there's a difference between loaded and unloaded.

I would point out that 6+1 doesn't compare to the gangster's Tech-9's. Not to say that this jerk doesn't need to do some time. It's the Democrats that support the "repressed" gangbangers and blame society.

The other person went for his waistband, and Salesman told police he felt ``threatened.''

But a draft report by Miramar police states that Salesman said, ``I pulled out my gun to defend myself.''

Defend himself from what, I wonder? Others defending against his aggression?

It's interesting the charge, so far, is only improper display of a firearm. I would think that since he actually pointed it at someone, a heavier charge might be justified. The privileges of office, I suppose.

It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out. Likely, he'll get a slap and little else. We'll see.

If possible it would be great to keep this thread going and let's follow up on what charges he faces, sentence if any, etc. Also it would be interesting to see how he fairs in his next election. As things usually go it would be by a landslide.

How about his email address, could we write him and tell him how disappointed we are in how he utilizes his ccw and permit at the speedy check-out line?